Boss: Aaron Took Massive Cut In Wages

The 19-year-old, who has been included in England's World Cup squad, left Leeds to join Spurs for £1m last July.

And Blackwell told BBC Five Live: "He actually took a wage cut to go to Tottenham from Leeds. The contract that he had was so prohibitive to Leeds, it came from the Premiership days, that there was no way we could afford to keep him."

Lennon made his Premiership debut for The Whites at the age of 16 and spent one season in the Championship with Leeds before making the move to London.